The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.

The varying effects of an epidemic on a young vagabond and an older fisherman inform Woo Ming Jin's brilliant "The Elephant and the Sea." The varying effects of an epidemic on a young vagabond and an ...

Satellite tags have tracked a southern elephant seal nicknamed Jackson traveling for a whopping 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers), the equivalent of going from New York to Sydney and back again. The ...

In a sign of nature's resilience, the elephant seals have returned to Point Reyes National Seashore for their annual visit and population booster. More than 630 northern sea elephants were ashore this ...

A biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography has found that elephant seals take multiple 10-minute naps during their nearly 10-month foraging trips out to sea. Like us, elephant seals need to ...